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Distance running coach Bill Bowerman recruited Wilkins to the University of Oregon, where he threw the javelin 257' 8" (78.43m) as a 19-year-old freshman. As a senior, he was NCAA champion in the discus and won the first of eight U.S. national championships in the discus. He was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1994.
Wilkins broke the world record four times in his career. During his discus throw series on May 1, 1976 in San Jose, California, he set the world record three times with consecutive throws of 69.80 m, 70.24 m, and 70.86 m. In 1976 and 1980, Wilkins was ranked #1 in the world in the discus throw. In 1977, he was the indoor national champion in the shot put, with a throw of 69' 1.5" (21.06 m).[2]
Coachingedit
From 2006 thru 2013, Wilkins was the throws coach at Concordia University, an NAIA school in Portland, Oregon. His throwers won 26 individual national championships and earned 94 All-American honors. When Al Oerter died on 1 October 2007, Wilkins became the earliest surviving Olympic champion in the men's discus. He is not the oldest; Viktor Rashchupkin—the 1980 champion—is almost a month older. In August 2013, Wilkins left Concordia University to coach for USATF in Chula Vista, California.[4]
Referencesedit
^ abEvans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
^Caroccioli, Tom; Caroccioli, Jerry (2008). Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. Highland Park, IL: New Chapter Press. pp. 243–253. ISBN978-0942257403.
^"Olympic Champion & Former World Record Holder". Coach Tube. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
External linksedit
Wilkins at the 1976 US. Olympic Trials Video on YouTube @ 30:55
wilkins, automated, process, detected, links, this, page, local, global, blacklist, links, appropriate, request, whitelisting, following, these, instructions, otherwise, consider, removing, replacing, them, with, more, appropriate, links, hide, this, invisible. An automated process has detected links on this page on the local or global blacklist If the links are appropriate you may request whitelisting by following these instructions otherwise consider removing or replacing them with more appropriate links To hide this tag set the invisible field to true List of blacklisted links https coachtube com users MacWilkins Triggered by bcoachtube com b on the local blacklistMac Maurice Wilkins born November 15 1950 is an American athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw He was born in Eugene Oregon and graduated in 1969 from Beaverton High School in Beaverton Oregon Mac WilkinsWilkins in 1976Personal informationFull nameMaurice Malcolm WilkinsNationalityAmericanBornNovember 15 1950 1950 11 15 age 73 Eugene Oregon U S 1 Height1 93 m 6 ft 4 in Weight115 kg 254 lb SportCountry United StatesSportathleticsEvent s Discus throw shot put hammer throw javelin throwClubPacific Coast Club Long BeachAthletics West EugeneOregon Ducks EugeneAchievements and titlesPersonal best s DT 70 98 m 1980 SP 21 06 m 1977 HT 63 65 m 1977 JT 78 43 m 1970 1 2 Medal record Representing the United StatesOlympic Games1976 Montreal Discus throw1984 Los Angeles Discus throwPan American Games1979 San Juan Discus throw Contents 1 College 2 Olympics 3 World records 4 Coaching 5 References 6 External linksCollege editDistance running coach Bill Bowerman recruited Wilkins to the University of Oregon where he threw the javelin 257 8 78 43m as a 19 year old freshman As a senior he was NCAA champion in the discus and won the first of eight U S national championships in the discus He was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1994 Olympics editWilkins competed for the United States in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal Quebec Canada in the discus throw where he won the gold medal with a distance of 221 5 to defeat Wolfgang Schmidt of East Germany by four feet Wilkins qualified for the 1980 U S Olympic team but did not compete due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott He did however receive one of 461 Congressional Gold Medals created especially for the spurned athletes 3 Wilkins won a silver medal in the discus throw at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles He placed 5th in the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul Korea World records editWilkins broke the world record four times in his career During his discus throw series on May 1 1976 in San Jose California he set the world record three times with consecutive throws of 69 80 m 70 24 m and 70 86 m In 1976 and 1980 Wilkins was ranked 1 in the world in the discus throw In 1977 he was the indoor national champion in the shot put with a throw of 69 1 5 21 06 m 2 Coaching editFrom 2006 thru 2013 Wilkins was the throws coach at Concordia University an NAIA school in Portland Oregon His throwers won 26 individual national championships and earned 94 All American honors When Al Oerter died on 1 October 2007 Wilkins became the earliest surviving Olympic champion in the men s discus He is not the oldest Viktor Rashchupkin the 1980 champion is almost a month older In August 2013 Wilkins left Concordia University to coach for USATF in Chula Vista California 4 References edit a b Evans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al Mac Wilkins Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 2020 04 17 a b Maurice Mac Wilkins trackfield brinkster net Caroccioli Tom Caroccioli Jerry 2008 Boycott Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games Highland Park IL New Chapter Press pp 243 253 ISBN 978 0942257403 Olympic Champion amp Former World Record Holder Coach Tube Retrieved 22 August 2016 External links editWilkins at the 1976 US Olympic Trials Video on YouTube 30 55RecordsPreceded byJohn Powell Men s discus world record holderApril 24 1976 August 9 1978 Succeeded byWolfgang Schmidt Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mac Wilkins amp oldid 1198769686, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
